Tag: God
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Words to Live By
“The beauty of old men [and women] is [wisdom and experience].” Growing up is part of life and there is nothing we can do to stop it. It’s always ironic to hear how children want to become adults as fast as possible (to do “adulty” things) and adults wish they could become like children so…
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Integrity (Part 2)
“The integrity of the upright will guide them.” – Proverbs 11:3 Another problem we face, like the self-serving bias in the previous post, is something called “fundamental attribution error.” Here is what it looks like: if something good happens we tend to explain it by taking credit for it, but if something bad happens we…
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Integrity (Part 1)
“The integrity of the upright will guide them.” – Proverbs 11:3 I think the world would be a much better place if everyone had integrity. And for the most part, there are a lot of people in the world who have admirable integrity. But there is one problem, which is called “the self-serving bias.” That…
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What “sells”
“Another Jesus…a different spirit…a different gospel.” – 2 Corinthians 11:4 It’s quite easy to teach/preach what people want to hear. Think about these statements: “You only need to be a good person to be saved”, “God is a loving God and he doesn’t allow good people to go to hell,” or how about: “Everyone will…
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Resilient People (Part 1 and 2)
“We are hard pressed.” – 2 Corinthians 4:8 Life never seems to go the way we want it. For some cards are dealt to us that we would never expect and I think the Apostle Paul knew that the best when he writes: “We are hard pressed…but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair, persecuted,…